Comment by aatd86

From experience, all mental illnesses are related and stem from change in the activation of the dopaminergic circuitry, likely at the nucleus accumbens level. It can be regulated consciously but only partially. Interoception via meditation.

Alternatively, it can be chemically shutdown/reset, the basic principle of neuroleptics. That is a coarser action though. When things hit the fan. Not nearly as much as the usual recommendations from clinicians.

For ADHD, they prescribe stimulants which make sense if we consider that the brain is searching for triggers of dopamine.

Some other conditions seem to require the opposite but this has a lot of side effects.

I think that in fact, the dopamine modulation require more fine grained handling and this is two sides of a same coin.